Dessert Recipes

Chocolate raspberry brownies hide a ribbon of raspberry jam baked into the center of a dense, fudgy walnut brownie. A clever freezing trick suspends the jam mid-batter so every square has a tart raspberry surprise.

Fudgy brownies made with pureed tepary beans, carob powder, and honey instead of butter and sugar. Loaded with walnuts and raisins. The secret ingredient? Nobody will guess.

Chocolate pie with a toasted coconut crust skips the flour entirely. The crust is just coconut and butter pressed and baked golden, filled with cool chocolate pudding. Easy and naturally gluten-free.

Rich sour cream cheesecake with four packages of cream cheese, six eggs, cinnamon, and a vanilla wafer crust. Baked in a springform pan for 70 minutes. Dense, creamy, and tall.

Homemade chocolate cannoli with beer-leavened fried shells filled with sweetened ricotta, chocolate chips, toasted walnuts, and orange and lime zest. An Italian pastry shop classic made from scratch.

Three-layer chocolate pudding cake with rich chocolate custard between cocoa sponge layers, baked in a water bath and served with a Grand Marnier bittersweet chocolate sauce.

Cola chocolate cake with marshmallows baked in, topped with a broiled peanut butter and brown sugar frosting loaded with chopped peanuts. A true Southern classic.

Super leprechaun cookies 'n' mint cake: a cheerful green bundt with a hidden chocolate-mint candy bar swirl, glazed with melted cookies 'n' mint chocolate. An easy, festive St. Patrick's Day cake.

Victorian honey cakes from an 1872 recipe, made with butter, honey, and egg yolks, topped with heather honey and ground almonds. Light, tender, and warmly sweet.

Layered pecan crust dessert with cream cheese, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and Cool Whip. No-bake except for the crust. Refrigerate overnight for best results.

Apple snack cake mix shortcut: stir cake mix, egg, and milk right in the baking pan, press sugared apple slices into the top, and bake. A single-pan dessert ready in 40 minutes.

Pecan rum bundt cake made with cake mix and pudding mix, soaked in a buttery rum sugar glaze. Dark rum in the batter and the glaze for double the boozy flavor.

Pumpkin-shaped Halloween cake bakes two fluted bundts, fills them with a pecan cream filling, and stacks them into a sphere iced in orange buttercream with a green ice cream cone stem. A novelty cake kids love.

Chinese toffee-coated apples and bananas with crispy batter and caramel sesame coating. Deep-fried fruit dunked in ice water creates a shatteringly crisp candy shell.

Chocolate tiramisu layers espresso-soaked ladyfingers with mascarpone cream spiked with Marsala, Triple Sec, and brandy, then folds in bittersweet chocolate between every layer. A grown-up Italian no-bake dessert that chills in just one hour.

Strawberry Dream Dessert layers an oat-brown sugar crust with a fluffy strawberry mousse of fresh berries, whipped cream, and egg whites. A cool, cloud-light icebox dessert for summer.